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UNITED STATES PATENT AAOFFICE.

VILLIAM D. SUTTON, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

COUNTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,295, dated January14,1890.

Application tiled September 16, 1889. Serial No. 324,109. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. SUTTON, a citizen of the Unit-ed States,residing at Grand'Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan,have inventedcertain nevir and useful Improvements in Counters; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to Whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a count-er constructed in detachable parts andsections adapted to be secured together, provided with means for sosecuring the same together, for organizing the structure, and which iseasily taken apart and packed or crated for, transportation; and itconsists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the partshereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, Wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective ofa device embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal verticalsection of the same with parts broken away to show details.

My counter may consist of any number of top sections A' A2 A2, securedtogether to forni the top, any number of corresponding panels B', B2,and B2, secured together to form the front, and frames C C C' C',interposed between the panels for supporting and securing the partstogether. Each panel is provided With hooks E E, secured at their topsand bottoms, and each frame with a mortise, and a pin F arranged in saidmortise opposite to and adapted to said hooks E. Each top section isprovided With a cleat G, secured to the under side and at each end,which is provided with a tongue G', engaging With a groove in thehorizontal top bar H, and the parts so adjusted are secured by the boltsJ. The front Stiles of the frames C may be ornamented, and the panels Bmay be of any suitable design, and the return of the end sectionsprovided With a finish D. Cleat I is to support the cornice 0r moldingof the overhang of the top at the outside end of the end sections. Thetop sections A, being adapted to slide horizontally, (the tongues Gengaging with grooves H,) are easily taken od when bolt J is removed. Bis then readily detached by lifting it sufficiently to disengage thehooks E from pins F, and the parts so detached and separated may bepacked 0r crated for shipment, like other articles of furniture.

What I claim, and desire to secure, is

l. A knockdown counter consisting of a number of complete independent ordetachable sections which may be substantially counterparts of eachother and adapted when placed end to end to form a continuous'uniformstructure Which may be increased 0r diminished in length by adding orremoving sections, substantially as described,each sec- -tion composedof independently-removable top A' A2 A2, independently-removable frontsor panels B' B2 B2, and provided with cleats, bolts, pins, and hooks forsecuring said sections to each other to form said structure, arrangedsubstantially as described, and` for the purposes set forth.

2. A knockdown counter comprising the following elements, to Wit: a topconsisting of sections A A2 A3, provided with cleats G, a frontconsisting of panels B B2 B2, provided With hooks E, arranged asdescribed, frames C C', provided with pins F, adapted to said hooks E,and bolts for securing said sections and frames together, substantiallyas described.

3. In a knockdown counter, the combination of the top sections A A2 A2,the front panels B' B2 B, frames C C', having grooves H, cleats G,provided With tongues G' and bolts J, hooks E, secured to said panels B,and pins F, secured to said frames and adapted to said hooks E, forsecuring said frames, panels, and sections together, substantially asset forth.

4. A counter composed of a number of sections or part-s having endsections provided With an end finish, substantially as shown, and amiddle section or sections Which are substantially counterparts of eachother, hav` ing detachable tops and fronts and adapted When placed endto end to form a continuous Each of the panels uniform structure,substantially as described, In testimony whereof I ax my signature inframes arranged between said sections 112W- presence of two witnesses.ing their top pieces grooved on each side,

cleats G, secured to said sections, provided WILLAM D' SUT'l ON' 5 withtongues G', adapted to the said grooves, Vitnesses:

and bolts J, arranged substantially as de-` DENNIS L. ROGERS,

scribed, and for the purposes set forth. G. W. SHOOK.

